Inconvenient Truth

June 25, 2017June 29, 2017

Seymour Hersh on “Trump’s Red-line”

Legendary reporter Seymour Hersh, who has written ground-breaking articles on the Syrian War has written about Trumps brash missile attack on Syria. Hersh does a great service in unmasking the truth behind Trump’s missile attack on Syria. But his article suffers from a number of flaws.

Seymour Hersh

Hersh accepts the spin that the attack was due to Trump’s inexperience and personality flaws. A more cynical observer might instead see a determined advance of Saudi/Israeli goals.

This cynicism would certainly be warranted given that in the weeks after Trump’s bombing we have seen a reversal of Trump’s ‘America First’ campaign promises to NOT get involved in costly ME conflicts (Syria? Saudi-Qatar?) and to NOT engage in nation-building (Kurds?).

Hersh fails to inform the reader of:

Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia soon after the attack and subsequent tweeting in support of Saudi Arabia’s “dispute” with Qatar.

Trump’s attack has established a precedence that could lead to a larger attack after another false-flag. France’s Macron has threatened that such an attack would be forthcoming and news articles about Israel’s similar policy of “holding the Assad regime responsible” (described by b at moonofalabama.org) further legitimize any future attack.

Cover Image: Refugee buses destroyed in bombing days after Trump bombed Syria for “the babies”. Trump and US media barely mention the attack on the refugees despite Jihadi’s having lured children to the bomb with treats.